James, David (2023) How can we secure better music education for all? Schools Week.

Andell, Paul, James, David and Maitra, Dev rup (2023) County lines and the transformation of middle drug markets within a local organised crime context. In: Understanding Drug Dealing and Illicit Drug Markets: National and International Perspectives. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 245-264. ISBN 9781138541825 (In Press)

Andell, Paul and James, David (2023) Theorising gangs: towards a critical realist moral theory of youth gangs. In: The Palgrave handbook of youth gangs in the UK. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 21-40. ISBN 9783030996581

James, David (2016) From stuff to material civilization - toward a materiality of childhood. In: Materiality and popular culture: The popular life of things. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 250-260. ISBN 9781138657809

Bond, Emma, Manning, Mark and James, David (2015) Lowestoft rising: progress to employment. A study of the experiences of young people in Lowestoft who are long-term unemployed. University of Suffolk, University of Suffolk.

Hallsworth, Simon and James, David (2014) Growing sanguine about the weeds: gardening and security revisited. In: Positive Criminology: reflections on care, belonging and security. Eleven international publishing, The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 57-70. ISBN 9789462364448